Pearl Review - Mia Goth's Twisted Delusions of Grandeur
While subverting the conventions of Golden Age cinema with the characteristics of a slasher, Pearl studies the delusions of grandeur inspired by the movies.

After the death of their parents, Frank and his little sister Anna return from the US to their former home, a small Swiss town. However, the close-knit social circles in St. Gallen provide the perfect breeding ground for a fateful series of events that not only lead the two siblings to a decisive point in their lives... The story explores the inscrutable ways of chance and deals intensively with problems faced by modern youth, such as aimlessness, love, alcohol, and drug use.
While subverting the conventions of Golden Age cinema with the characteristics of a slasher, Pearl studies the delusions of grandeur inspired by the movies.
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